Strengthening Canada’s Arctic: why Canada needs to prioritize dialogue and cooperation in the North

As the second largest Arctic state, Canada is uniquely positioned to play a major role in an area where great powers converge, as well as to assess the extent to which great power competition will spill over into the Arctic.

U.S. Coast Guards pictured in the Arctic. It is therefore imperative for Canada to identify possible partners for cooperative action and to determine the methods to be used in achieving its domestic and international goals in the region, writes Alexandra Slobodov. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY ALEXANDRA SLOBODOV

March 10, 2021

Despite the Arctic comprising 40 per cent of Canada’s landmass, the government has long lagged in efforts to address the region’s domestic and foreign challenges. For much of Canada’s history, the

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